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Scrittura Third Thursday Prompt
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AN EKPHRASTIC POEM
rising
Scrittura Third Thursday Prompt

Gloomy Day, by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Netherlands) 1565
trees paint the sky an angry charcoal humanity re-reaching for another nullifying barrel load of fear to stagger home the storm still raging for a woman kneels her victories drowned by petticoats a river on the rise to drown them all in tears
© Sally A Mortemore 2026. All Rights Reserved.
Thank you so much for reading 🙏
In reply to Ann Marie Steele’s prompt:
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And if you are very eagle-eyed you might spy a much younger me in the below video dressed in white petticoats …
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